By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
Major League Baseball's Pitch Hit & Run was hosted by the Great Bend Recreation Commission and Optimist Club of Great Bend on July 3. Children, age 7-14, were tested in three categories at the Great Bend Sports Complex. Rec Commission Sports Director Shane Sandberg said three local winners will be moving on to the next level of competition based on their scores.
"I want to give a shoutout to the Optimist Club," said Sandberg. "They did a great job with the trophies for Pitch Hit & Run. It's awesome that three of our division winners are going on to Kauffman Stadium to compete."
Gabriel Ringo will compete in the 7-8-year-old boys division. Andrea Martinez Batres will compete in the 9-10-year-old girls division. Dylan Sundahl will compete in the 9-10-year-old boys division. Baze Hogan will compete in the 13-14-year-old girls division at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on Sept. 21. The Royals play the San Francisco Giants that evening at 6:10 p.m.
Participants are judged on their pitching, hitting and running.
The top scores at the MLB stadiums will qualify for an all-expenses-paid trip for two to compete at the Finals, which is hosted at the World Series.